Shrug Question

I usually shrug with an olympic bar in the squat rack. I saw a guy the
other day doing the same thing but picking up the bar behind his back and
shrugging it up behind his ass. What is the point of that?

Bruce wrote:

I usually shrug with an olympic bar in the squat rack. I saw a guy the
other day doing the same thing but picking up the bar behind his back and
shrugging it up behind his ass. What is the point of that?

you don't have to worry about the bar hitting your dick.

Lyle

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:19:58 -0600, Lyle McDonald
wrote:

Bruce wrote:

I usually shrug with an olympic bar in the squat rack. I saw a guy the
other day doing the same thing but picking up the bar behind his back and
shrugging it up behind his ass. What is the point of that?

you don't have to worry about the bar hitting your dick.

Now that *is* funny; how very refreshing! ;o)

"Bruce" wrote in message
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I usually shrug with an olympic bar in the squat rack. I saw a guy the
other day doing the same thing but picking up the bar behind his back and
shrugging it up behind his ass. What is the point of that?

shrug

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:06:25 +0000, John HUDSON wrote:

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:19:58 -0600, Lyle McDonald
wrote:

Bruce wrote:

I usually shrug with an olympic bar in the squat rack. I saw a guy the
other day doing the same thing but picking up the bar behind his back and
shrugging it up behind his ass. What is the point of that?

you don't have to worry about the bar hitting your dick.

Now that *is* funny; how very refreshing! ;o)

Evidently it's not a problem for you. :-)


--
Scott Johnson
"Always with the excuses for small legs. People like you are
why they only open the top half of caskets." -Tommy Bowen

John HUDSON wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:19:58 -0600, Lyle McDonald
wrote:


Bruce wrote:


I usually shrug with an olympic bar in the squat rack. I saw a guy the
other day doing the same thing but picking up the bar behind his back and
shrugging it up behind his ass. What is the point of that?

you don't have to worry about the bar hitting your dick.


Now that *is* funny; how very refreshing! ;o)




Good benchers = short arms = not fun for deadlifts/shrugs

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Bruce wrote:

I usually shrug with an olympic bar in the squat rack. I saw a guy the
other day doing the same thing but picking up the bar behind his back and
shrugging it up behind his ass. What is the point of that?

I see guys doing that all the time in the smith machine. It looks like they
don't get as good a ROM as I can just using dumbells.

--Falooley

Sooky Grumper wrote in message ...
John HUDSON wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:19:58 -0600, Lyle McDonald
wrote:


Bruce wrote:


I usually shrug with an olympic bar in the squat rack. I saw a guy the
other day doing the same thing but picking up the bar behind his back and
shrugging it up behind his ass. What is the point of that?

you don't have to worry about the bar hitting your dick.


Now that *is* funny; how very refreshing! ;o)




Good benchers = short arms = not fun for deadlifts/shrugs

This makes sense. I have short arms. When I do barbell shrugs I have
to lean a bit so I don't bruise up my precious willy.

Is this bad for the back at all?

Jake

posting just to use the word "willy"

Jake wrote:

Sooky Grumper wrote in message ...

John HUDSON wrote:

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 22:19:58 -0600, Lyle McDonald
wrote:



Bruce wrote:



I usually shrug with an olympic bar in the squat rack. I saw a guy the
other day doing the same thing but picking up the bar behind his back and
shrugging it up behind his ass. What is the point of that?

you don't have to worry about the bar hitting your dick.


Now that *is* funny; how very refreshing! ;o)




Good benchers = short arms = not fun for deadlifts/shrugs


This makes sense. I have short arms. When I do barbell shrugs I have
to lean a bit so I don't bruise up my precious willy.

Is this bad for the back at all?

Define 'bad'.

Lyle

It seems like that would work the muscles in a slightly different way. Do
whatever is more comfortable for you or do both.

You could also do shrugs with dumbells.

-BionicMan113

Subject: Shrug Question
From: (Bruce)
Date: 2/12/2004 8:11 PM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

I usually shrug with an olympic bar in the squat rack. I saw a guy the
other day doing the same thing but picking up the bar behind his back and
shrugging it up behind his ass. What is the point of that?